David has had a psychotherapy practice in San Francisco with individuals and couples for over 35 years, and enjoys writing and providing workshops about couples and intimacy for other therapists and health professionals. He is grateful for having had the opportunity of learning about Tibetan Buddhism from Robert Thurman in Bhutan, San Francisco and New York, and about the poetry of life from David Whyte in the west of Ireland. He is clinical professor in medicine and medical psychology (psychiatry) at UCSF, where he meets with the Symptom Management Service (outpatient palliative care staff) of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and with the Professional Advisory Group of Spiritual Care Services.